Understanding the dangerous snowpack in Utah right now

[altagirl]

I just thought this might be interesting to some of you:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdoqS3unrjk"]YouTube - 12-18-08-Cardiff-Toledo-10420[/ame]

The Utah Avalanche Center put this in their daily advisory and I think it does a great job of showing why the snowpack here is so dangerous right now.

And if you're interested in daily conditions: https://utahavalanchecenter.org/

 

[Robyn]

Wow, thanks for sharing that!

 

[pinto]

Whoa

 

[altagirl]

I think it's really great that they're taking the time to put videos like this up. It's one thing to read about it, but when you see it just go like that... it really reinforces how bad that rain crust/weak layer is.

 

[Jilly]

Yah, that is really neat. Glad they are putting that out!

 

[ski diva]

Looks scary. Be careful out there.

 

[SnowHot]

That is fascinating.

 

[Grace Elventhing]

If caught: don't go Gumby

Altagirl, thanks for posting the video. It's pretty shocking, as is Tremper's warning on the Avy Center website. On TGR I saw a link to an article on avalanche survival strategies that I thought was well worth reading by anyone who ventures into dragon territory:

https://www.avalanche.org/~nac/NAC/techPages/articles/08_TAR_BirkelandBarteltMeiners.pdf